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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

2007-09-20T06:11:37Z

Alk:

President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited to Columbia to speak as a part of the [[World Leaders Forum]] in the Fall of 2006, but the invitation was revoked after apparent confusion at the highest levels of the Columbia administration, between [[SIPA]] Dean [[Lisa Anderson]] and President [[Lee Bollinger]]. However, in 2007, he was invited back, this time by Bollinger directly, showing, if nothing else, more courage than the man has previously displayed at Columbia.

The first time provoked a great deal of criticism as well as praise. The second time will presumably be even more controversial, everyone having their arguments already rehearsed and ready to shout.

[[Category:Scandals]]

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

2007-09-20T06:09:21Z

Alk: New page: President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited to Columbia to speak in the Fall of 2006, but the invitation was revoked after apparent confusion at the highest levels of the Columbia ad...

President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited to Columbia to speak in the Fall of 2006, but the invitation was revoked after apparent confusion at the highest levels of the Columbia administration, between [[SIPA]] Dean Lisa Anderson and President Lee Bollinger. However, in 2007, he was invited back, this time by Bollinger directly, showing, if nothing else, more courage than the man has previously displayed at Columbia.

The first time provoked a great deal of criticism as well as praise. The second time will presumably be even more controversial, everyone having their arguments already rehearsed and ready to shout.

Endowment

2007-09-19T19:15:45Z

Alk: /* Socially Responsible Investing */ more details on ACSRI & CCAW's campaign

Columbia's [[endowment]] is an approximately $6 billion portfolio of equities, commodities, fixed-income instruments, and cash equivalents. It is not a "slush fund" for spending, as it is mean primarily to serve as a long-term investment vehicle. On the other hand, it's not just a pile of money that serves no purpose but to grow each year either.

==Structure==
As of 2004, Columbia's endowment was diversified among approximately 4,000 equity and commodity securities, and unknown fixed-income positions.

==Spending rule==
With various conditions, the [[Trustees]] aim to spend approximately 5% of the endowment per year to fund the university budget. Indeed, approximately $200-$300 million of the university's $2 billion budget comes from endowment spending. This is not just a round number, but actually a legal requirement for a non-profit which maintains significant investments to keep its non-profit status.

==Size==
At $6 billion in fiscal 2006, Columbia's endowment lags significantly behind its Ivy League peers. Harvard's is the largest at $30 billion. Princeton's is the largest on per-student terms.

==Performance==
Columbia's endowment has performed well for its approximately 20 years of existence (prior to the sale of [[Rockefeller Center]] in 1985, Columbia's endowment in securites and investments was insignificant). It has averaged an approximately 16.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), which outpaces the S&P 500 index by a respectable margin, and is on par with other alternative investment concerns. It should be noted, however, that Columbia's endowment is exempt from both corporate and capital gains taxes, and does not face unpredictable principal volatility, as the the 5% spending rule is more or less fixed.

==Socially Responsible Investing==
Columbia's investments are subject to review by the [[Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing]] (ACSRI), which does what its name implies. ACSRI, composed of students, faculty, and administrators, makes only recommendations; the [[Trustees]] make the final decision in all cases.

ACSRI did not yet exist when Columbia made its most famous divestment, from apartheid South Africa in the 1980s, after an extended political battle and the occupation of Hamilton Hall by pro-divestment students. ACSRI recommended divestment from Sudan in 2005, and this was carried through by the Trustees.

Presently, the [[Columbia Coalition Against the War]] (CCAW) is spearheading an effort to have Columbia divest from companies that presently materially support or benefit from the war in Iraq. CCAW is targeting three companies in which Columbia is presently invested to the tune of around $1.5 million each: Raytheon, General Dynamics, and Lockheed Martin. CCAW's 12-page formal proposal notes:

''Divestment by Columbia alone would not be sufficient to change corporate behavior, but it would be an immensely powerful symbolic act and, if imitated, might help provide a significant financial incentive for change. Moreover, Columbia has an ethical obligation to avoid complicity in the ongoing brutality associated with the occupation in Iraq.''

Two members of CCAW wrote an op-ed for the [[Spectator]] entitled "[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/26730/print Columbia Has a Responsibility to Divest]".

==Hedge fund?==
It is debatable on whether Columbia's endowment is actually a hedge fund in disguise (as Harvard's clearly is). However, it is known that they employ the services of a prime broker.

The majority of Columbia's endowment is invested in (admitted, external) hedge funds. Less than $1 billion is invested in publicly traded stocks picked directly by Columbia's office of finance.

==References==
* [http://finance.columbia.edu/controller/resources/reports-33061-TheTrusteesofColumbiaUniversityintheCityofNewYork.pdf Columbia's 2006 financial report]

[[Category:Endowment]]

Endowment

2007-09-19T16:52:17Z

Alk: /* Hedge fund? */

Columbia's [[endowment]] is an approximately $6 billion portfolio of equities, commodities, fixed-income instruments, and cash equivalents. It is not a "slush fund" for spending, as it is mean primarily to serve as a long-term investment vehicle. On the other hand, it's not just a pile of money that serves no purpose but to grow each year either.

==Structure==
As of 2004, Columbia's endowment was diversified among approximately 4,000 equity and commodity securities, and unknown fixed-income positions.

==Spending rule==
With various conditions, the [[Trustees]] aim to spend approximately 5% of the endowment per year to fund the university budget. Indeed, approximately $200-$300 million of the university's $2 billion budget comes from endowment spending. This is not just a round number, but actually a legal requirement for a non-profit which maintains significant investments to keep its non-profit status.

==Size==
At $6 billion in fiscal 2006, Columbia's endowment lags significantly behind its Ivy League peers. Harvard's is the largest at $30 billion. Princeton's is the largest on per-student terms.

==Performance==
Columbia's endowment has performed well for its approximately 20 years of existence (prior to the sale of [[Rockefeller Center]] in 1985, Columbia's endowment in securites and investments was insignificant). It has averaged an approximately 16.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), which outpaces the S&P 500 index by a respectable margin, and is on par with other alternative investment concerns. It should be noted, however, that Columbia's endowment is exempt from both corporate and capital gains taxes, and does not face unpredictable principal volatility, as the the 5% spending rule is more or less fixed.

==Socially Responsible Investing==
Columbia's investments are subject to review by the [[Committee on Socially Responsible Investing]], which does what its name implies. Notable actions by the SRI and its predecessors include divesting Columbia from South Africa in the 1980s. Presently, a modest effort spearheaded by left-leaning elements on campus seek to have Columbia divest from companies that presently materially support or benefit from the war in Iraq, like Lockheed-Martin or Boeing.

It is unlikely this will have much effect. Consider that Boeing has a market capitalization of $76 billion as of 1Q 2007. If Columbia's endowment even remotely mirrors the SEC's definition of a "diversified investment company", then it can have no more than 5% of total assets in a single company. If 5% were completely invested in Boeing (unlikely, since, as mentioned, Columbia's portfolio contains over 4,000 different investments), then that would still represent approximately 0.395% of Boeing's market value.

==Hedge fund?==
It is debatable on whether Columbia's endowment is actually a hedge fund in disguise (as Harvard's clearly is). However, it is known that they employ the services of a prime broker.

The majority of Columbia's endowment is invested in (admitted, external) hedge funds. Less than $1 billion is invested in publicly traded stocks picked directly by Columbia's office of finance.

==References==
* [http://finance.columbia.edu/controller/resources/reports-33061-TheTrusteesofColumbiaUniversityintheCityofNewYork.pdf Columbia's 2006 financial report]

[[Category:Endowment]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-08-25T00:26:31Z

Alk:

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

Corporal '''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''', (b. 1 December 1970), [[GS]] '[[2007|07]], was a student in the [[School of General Studies]]. He has also been a porn star and a corporal in the United States Marine Corps (currently a reservist). Sanchez speaks Spanish, French and German. 

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively. 

=== Adult film career ===
In the early to mid-1990s, Sanchez worked as an adult film star. First, in 1992, he used the name '''Pierre LaBranche''' while working for [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In 1994, he moved to San Francisco and the studios changed his name to the less French-sounding '''Rod Majors'''.

He starred in several gay videos for Catalina and Falcon. According to the Internet Adult Film Database and IMDB, Sanchez is credited as being in 35+ adult films as '''Rod Majors''', in addition to a number of films as '''Pierre LaBranche''', all of them are all-male films. <ref>[http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=RodMajors/gender=m/Rod-Majors.htm IAFD listing]</ref>. Sanchez has stated that his participation in gay pornography consisted of one or two summers and participation in a total of 7 scenes, and has stated that "The porn industry is a pernicious industry, and it is bad".

Sanchez has stated in a number of interviews that he has also done heterosexual pornography.

*Signorile: ''You've said that you've also done straight porn, but i can't find the names of any of those films.'' 
*Sanchez: ''Yes. I'm sure if you put some bloggers on it...'' 
*Signorile: ''No'' 
*Sanchez: ''How many gay men are into straight porn? Maybe some.'' 

Popular conservative radio host, Kevin McCullough of Town Hall talk radio, has used Sanchez's departure from gay pornography to justify the belief that homosexuality is a lifestyle choice that can be changed and is not biological. <ref>[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Kevin McCullough's column]</ref> Sanchez has stated that he has never identified himself as being a gay man. He has emphasized this point stating that many of the men he has had sexual relations with, weren't gay, but were in fact married.

==== Gay Porn Filmography (original scenes with scene pairing)====
Call of the Wild (1992) - (as Pierre LaBranche) w/ Jacques Lavoie and Sylvain Racine 
Montreal Men (1992) (as Pierre LaBranche) 
Idol Country (1994) 
All About Last Night (1994) - w/ Grant Larson <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=23536</ref> 
Come and Get it (1994) - w/ Mark West <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=25876</ref> 
Man to Men (1994)- w/ Brandon Welles <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=31563</ref> 
Taste of Leather 2 (1994) - w/ Jeff Mitchell <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=35098</ref> 
Beat off Frenzy (1994)- solo <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=24110</ref> 
Bi-conflict (1994) - w/ Scott Hardman (this is from the gay version of the film, Sanchez is not included in the bi-sexual and non-sexual versions) <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=24411</ref> 
Hung Up (1994) - w/ Alec Powers <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=29016</ref> 
Jawbreaker(1995) - w/ Daryl Brock and Scott Russell <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=29432</ref> 
Everybody Does it (1995)- w/ Dave Turner and Cougar Cash <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=26974</ref> 
Built Tough (1995) - w/ Brad Stone, Tony Hampton and Jeff Austin <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=29633</ref> 
Lunch Hour 2: Sweating Grease (1994) - w/ Dallas Taylor, Tom Braddock, and Danny Kamon <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=30474</ref> 
Man Country (1994) - w/ Anthony Gallo and Joe Spears <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=30669</ref> 
Manticipation (1994) - w/ Rob Cryston <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=30913</ref> 
Power Trip (1995) - w/ Scott Wilder <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=32973</ref> 
Secret Sex 2: The Sex Radicals (1994) - w/ Zak Spears <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=33814</ref> 
Wet Dreams (1994) - w/ Sean Diamond <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=36082</ref> 
Woody's (1994) - w/ Roc Boyer <ref>http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/display.aspx?objid=36246</ref> 

=== Straight/Bi Porn Filmography ===
??

=== Prostitution career ===
In addition to his career in porn, Matt Sanchez allegedly worked as a male prostitute. It is unclear whether or not this is true as he has previously admitted in his own Salon.com opinion article, ''"Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it, or that I acted in several adult movies 15 years ago under names like Pierre LaBranche and Rod Majors."'' and in an interview with Alan Colmes, but has since distanced himself from those admissions. While on the Alan Colmes radio show, Alan Colmes asked Sanchez whether he had worked as a prostitute, Sanchez responded in the affirmative. Sanchez has since clarified that his affirmative response to Colmes' questioning regarding prostitution was in response to porn, that getting paid for sex on screen was prostitution.

*Colmes: ''But tell us what happened? first of all a number of years ago, and how many years ago was it you did gay porn?'' 
*Sanchez: ''It was 15 years ago, and it just wasn't gay porn, by the way, uh, but it was 15 years ago.'' 
*Colmes: ''What else did it ... what else was it?'' 
*Sanchez: ''It was more than that, it was, but it was more than porn.'' 
*Colmes: ''Did you work as a male prostitute?'' 
*Sanchez: ''That as well, yeah.'' 
*Colmes: ''A male prostitute.'' 
*Sanchez: ''This was one of the worst periods in my life.'' 

He is alleged to have worked in 4 major US cities, charging $300-$350 per session. In an article for Salon.com, he wrote, "Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it."<ref>[http://ww1.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez/ "Porn Free"], Salon.com</ref>

Bloggers have stated that Sanchez regularly advertised his escorting services in New York's weekly gay publications and via the Internet, under the pseudonym "Excellent Top.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com</ref>" The cached internet link to Sanchez's archived escort web page has recently been changed by the page owner to prevent the archived material from being viewable. Sanchez has stated that he does not own nor does he have any knowledge of the "Excellent Top" male escort webpage.

Sanchez has told interviewers that has been out of the business for 15 years (referring to gay porn). On the Alan Colmes radio show, Colmes confronted Sanchez with evidence that he had been advertising his services in New York Blade (a gay newspaper) as recently as November 2004. When confronted with evidence that he had advertised his services as recently as three years ago in the New York Blade, Matthew responded, "Anything I'll admit, I'll own up to it". Further evidence of Sanchez's career recently surfaced, with a review of an escort named 'Mateo' (and alias Sanchez has used in the past) appeared on the Daddy's Reviews website<ref>[http://www.daddysreviews.com/area.php?loc=62260-2-39-10&who=mateo_2_nyc Daddy's Reviews website]</ref>. Sanchez has denied ever placing ads in the Blade or any other gay interest magazine, instead claiming that there have been a number of instances of people pretending to be him. Referencing a Masseur Finder ad featuring Sanchez's photo, Sanchez states "I've seen that, I've been getting calls in the past couple of weeks on that and I am not running that ad". He again alleges, recounting, "I was in Australia one time, I saw someone advertising using my picture".

On Wikipedia.com, user BlueMarine, who has identified himself as Sanchez (Sanchez has not identified himself as BlueMarine), has stated "I have never "admitted" to being an escort", contradicting Sanchez's article that he wrote for Salon. He claims that his intention in the Colmes interview, while answering in the affirmative to claims of his being a male prostitute were in reference to gay pornography, an industry he says he felt was prostitution.

In the interview with Colmes, Colmes refers to Sanchez as a hustler of gay men, in reference to his activities as a masseur and as a prostitute. Sanchez clarifies stating that his clients did not all consider themselves gay, were not openly gay, were married, and part of his clientèle was women, "there were definitely tons of women". In the same conversation, Sanchez admits to having advertised his services in gay publications.

*Colmes: ''You took ads in gay publications...'' 
*Sanchez: ''As well, as well as other publications.'' 

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin'' (either a magazine or a travel guide).

He has stated in interviews that he worked in Hollywood pitching films, and also worked on the show "Angel" for the WB.

In an interview with [[Bwog]], Sanchez stated that he had previously worked for the NYPD's division of Counter-Terrorism and was issued a security clearance.



=== Military Career ===
According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 at the age of 32, and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Ready_Reserve Wikipedia article on Individual Ready Reserve]</ref> While in the Marines, he was a part of HQ COMPANY 6TH COMM BN 4TH MARDIV, also known as 6th Comm; they are based out of Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, NY. After a stint with 6th Comm, Sanchez took a position at the New York Public Affairs Office of the Marine Corps.

Section 654 of Title 10, United States Code, states <ref>http://web.mit.edu/committees/rotc/code.html</ref> ''"The presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability."''. Sanchez has stated that he had made it known to the Marine Corps upon enlisting that he had engaged in homosexual activity and had worked as a gay prostitute, and that the Marine Corps allowed him to enlist with that knowledge<ref>http://accessnorthga.com/audio/martha/MattSanchez1.mp3</ref>.

According to the Marine Corps Times, Sanchez's stint with the 6th Communications Battalion was short lived; he transfered to IRR status 11 days prior to reaching the 2 year mark, so that he could work with the Public Affairs Office. ''"Typical Reserve enlistment contracts are eight years, with six spent drilling with a Reserve unit and two in the IRR. Sanchez said he was transferred to non-drilling status early because of a medical problem."'' The Marine Corps Mobilization Command is currently investigating Sanchez, with regards to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and section 654 of U.S. Code Title 10<ref>http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070314/</ref><ref>http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/marine_porn_sanchez_070323/</ref>. Sanchez's blog "Cpl. Matt Sanchez" has recently been renamed "Matt Sanchez".

According to an interview with Martha Zoller <ref>http://accessnorthga.com/audio/martha/MattSanchez1.mp3</ref>, Sanchez has stated that he will deploy as an embedded civil affairs reporter in May of 2007.

*Zoller: ''And you will be deployed in May.'' 
*Sanchez: ''I will be deployed, I will be embedding as a reporter, however, with a civil affairs unit.'' 
*Zoller: ''Well that's hard work too, everybody fights over there too. Don't say I'll be embedding as a reporter as if that's different.''

On his blog, Sanchez has disputed the Marine Corps Times of describing his April embed as a "deployment to Iraq"; he states ''"The Marine Corps Times wrongfully used the term "deployment" in lieu of "embed", which changed my status from civilian to active duty service member. No reply on a request for a correction."''.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007, pursuing a degree in American Studies. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Reporting in Iraq ===
[[Image:Swords.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez in Iraq.]]
Sanchez is currently embedded as a reporter with American troops in Iraq. He is blogging his journey and working on "In Their Own Words" and "Hometown Heroes", featurettes for his blog, interviewing and heralding soldiers currently serving in Iraq. On the morning of Friday 22 June, he sent a brief email to a large number of contacts with the heading "Greetings from Baghdad". In this message he reassured people that "I'm fine".

== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ==
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a socialist student group harassed him at a college activities fair. According to Sanchez, the students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority; the students denied this. Sanchez has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes. Sanchez has received support from conservative student groups such as [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] and the [[College Republicans]].

== Publications ==
In 2006, Sanchez was elected Editor-in-Chief of "The Observer", the literary magazine of the [[School of General Studies]]. Following his trip around the talk-radio circuit, during which he discussed his pornography career, confrontation with anti-military bias on campus, and his military service, Sanchez was invited by the [[Columbia Political Union]] to become a blogger for their blog "[http://blog.cupolitics.org/ The Columns]".

== Adult film career revelation ==
The first documented instance of Matt Sanchez being recognized as an adult film actor was by the members of a gay porn discussion site ATKOL forums.<ref>[http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 ATKOL forums], source of the original Matt Sanchez=Rod Majors revelation</ref> A poster by the name of 'cutlass' seems to have recognized him in a photograph associated with a Spectator article <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612172004 ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]</ref> regarding an alleged anti-military bias incident.

Later, Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

WikiCU user [[User:Bluemarine|Bluemarine]] has consistently vandalized the Matt Sanchez wiki article as new information is added to the entry, at times deleting entire sections regarding Sanchez's career in gay pornography and as a male escort. The identity of the user is unknown; the Wikipedia user, Bluemarine <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bluemarine</ref>, has identified himself as Matt Sanchez.

On Wikipedia, BlueMarine has heavily edited the page, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Sanchez Wikipedia entry for Matt Sanchez]. The page has since been flagged as an autobiography, a violation of Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy.

BlueMarine has conducted a lengthy discussion on the talk page:
(samples)
*''I have PUBLICLY stated that I am NOT a Homosexual REPEATEDLY and yet these fags have never put that into my article, however they have put the "gay hustler" label on me''
*''I am NOT Puerto Rican. I was born and raised in California and served in the American Military. I am of Puerto Rican origin and resent the label of Puerto Rican as my nationality.''
*''I have never "admitted" to being an escort and this seems to be a really important point for a lot of very angry gay men.''
*''Wintersmith: you should insist that the websites "Linked" to me be properly verified and sourced. I believe you'll find that it is pure heresay by the gay jihadist who have become so passionately linked to this pseudo-issue.''
*''So what is the "clear cut case"? I have seen patently false information by people who are nameless and have no responsibility. Who is Joe-my-god? I have no idea. Who is Ryoung? Would he please identify himself by name? And explain how he has become an expert on my life in three weeks? Or what excellent-top.com has to do with me?''

===Response to Critics===
While Sanchez has touted the level of support he has received from the conservative media, he has been most outspoken about his belief that the gay community of bloggers has sought to slander his name.

*''"Okay, there is a current of homophobia involved here or at least self-loathing from the gay community. This is horrible. They are taking a situation and saying, "You're horrible because you suck cock," and frankly, I don't ever remember [http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid35600.aspx sucking cock on film], and it is not something that I ever enjoyed. (The left wing) is trying to discredit me because of these sexual acts."''- Matt Sanchez- interview with Radar Online<ref>http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/03/matt_sanchez_2.php</ref>

Sanchez has stated in email correspondence that the public revelation about his gay porn career was coordinated by MSNBC. This claim has not yet been verified.
*''"This was a coordinated assault on me and an "inside job" from my former "friends" at MSNBC a place where I used to consult, but yet again, that's another story your didn't bother to cover".''

== Marine Corps investigation ==
Due to revelations regarding his past, the Marine Corps launched an investigation to determine whether Sanchez had violated any rules or codes through is prior involvement in pornography. In fact, this was just one of the allegations being investigated. Sanchez allegedly solicited more than $12,000 from private organizations by asking them to fund a deployment to Iraq.

According to a Marine Times article, Reserve Col. Charles Jones, a staff judge advocate, informed Sanchez of the allegations against him in an email, which states “Specifically, you wrongfully solicited funds to support your purported deployment to Iraq” by coordinating a $300 payment from the UWVC and $12,000 from U-Haul"<ref>[http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/marine_sanchez_investigation070330/ "Sanchez investigation wraps up today,"] Marine Times.</ref> Sanchez has responded, stating "I never solicited the money, nor did any money change hands",<ref>http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/2007/03/times-at-marine-corps.html</ref>.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
Image:Wall of shame.jpg|[[ISO]] "Wall of Shame"
Image:HC Set.jpg
Image:Red Background.jpg
Image:Reeves.jpg
Image:Sanchez_top.jpg|The image of Matt Sanchez's face on the top left is from Matt Sanchez's blog. The image on the bottom left is from a page called leather.html from the excellent-top.com website. It was retrieved using the web.archive.org site. Note that the two images fit together perfectly. This is proof that Sanchez ran the escort site excellent-top.com.
Image:Facercise.jpg|Back Cover of "Facercise for Men" which features Sanchez.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://ww1.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez/ "Porn Free" Op-Ed by Sanchez]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator, Jan 25, 2006: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/Matt_Sanchez Matt Sanchez entry] by genealogist Will Johnson
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]

=== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ===
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
*[http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid35600.aspx Clip from "Jawbreaker"] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)

=== Interviews with Matt Sanchez ===
* [http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/03/matt_sanchez_1.php Radar Online Interview]
* [http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez-responds-sort-of.html (email)Interview with Joe.My.God]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Interview on the Alan Colmes radio show]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career with his director Kristen Bjorn]
* [http://download-v5.streamload.com/de0ae07b-0713-466a-bca6-7b9997aae2bf/joemygod/Hosted/Matt%20Sanchez%20Interview%20ONLY.mp3 Interview with Michelangelo Signorile]
* [http://accessnorthga.com/audio/martha/MattSanchez1.mp3 Interview with Martha Zoller part1]
* [http://accessnorthga.com/audio/martha/MattSanchez.mp3 Interview with Martha Zoller part2]
* [http://radiotime.com/ProgramDetails.aspx?ProgramId=28240 Interview with Dom Giordano 3/8/07]
* [http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 Interview with Michael Smerconish]
* [[Media:interview_McCullough.mp3|"Interview with Matt McCullough"]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYSmjIUrY0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Etowleroad%2Ecom%2F2007%2F03%2Fconservatives%5Fl%2Ehtml Interview with Hannity & Colmes]

===Videos===
* [http://pornotube.com/channels.php?channelId=43&m=546191 Rod Majors in Man to Men]
* [http://pornotube.com/channels.php?channelId=43&m=544614 Rod Majors in Built Tough]
* [http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bb8_1182813231 Matt Sanchez in Iraq]

== References ==
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[[Category:General Studies alumni|Sanchez, Matthew]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

The Columns

2007-07-09T01:04:01Z

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'''The Columns''' is the blog of the [[Columbia Political Union]]. It uses [[w:Drupal|Drupal]].

The contributors frequently get upset over Israel/Palestine. They sometimes tell jokes though.

==Latest articles==
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== The Columnsists ==

The following members are regular contributors:

* [[Seth Berliner]] - Chicago native, [[CPR]] editor, [[CULPA]] admin.
* [[Nellie Bowles]] - [[Columbia Daily Spectator|Spec]] opinion columnist.
* [[Chas Carey]] - Editor-in-Chief of [[The Fed]], College Rock director at [[WBAR]], [[Kings Crown Shakespeare Troupe|KCST]] regular, Spec columnist.
* [[David Feith]] - Editor-in-Chief of [[The Current]].
* [[David Judd]] - President of the [[ISO]], [[Minutemen stage-rush|Minutemen]] protester, infamously featured in ''that'' ''New York'' magazine article.
* [[Kate Redburn]] - Outreach Coordinator for the [[Columbia University Democrats]].
* [[Armin Rosen]] - First-year, [[Zeta Psi]] member, contributor to various campus publications.
* [[Matt Sanchez]] - Editor-in-Chief of [[The Observer]], embroiled in controversy over anti-Columbia remarks and his own former porn/escort career.

Other, less frequent contributors include Luke Stalcup, Lauren Steinberg, Stefanie Goodsell, Christien Tompkins, and Evan Thomas.

[[Category:Blogs|Columns, The]]

Kristin Wall

2007-07-09T00:55:12Z

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[[Image:KristinWall.jpg|thumb|300px|Kristin Wall]]

'''Kristin Wall''', [[BC]] '08, is the president of the [[Columbia Anti-War Coalition]]. She was featured in New York Magazine's [http://nymag.com/news/features/30629/ article] on Columbia antiwar organizing.

== External links ==
* [http://nymag.com/news/features/30629/ "One, Two, Three, Four, Can a Columbia Movement Rise Once More?"], New York Magazine, 4/13/07

[[Category:Barnard College students|Wall]]

Kristin Wall

2007-05-08T20:58:15Z

Alk: New page: Kristin Wall '''Kristin Wall''' is the president of the Columbia Anti-War Coalition, a Barnard student, and a ''highly'' badass Communista. She was ...

[[Image:KristinWall.jpg|thumb|300px|Kristin Wall]]

'''Kristin Wall''' is the president of the Columbia Anti-War Coalition, a Barnard student, and a ''highly'' badass Communista. She was featured in New York Magazine's [http://nymag.com/news/features/30629/ article] on Columbia antiwar organizing.

[[Category:Students]]

File:KristinWall.jpg

2007-05-08T20:57:22Z

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Photo of Kristin Wall from New York

International Socialist Organization

2007-04-18T16:45:41Z

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The '''International Socialist Organization''' or '''ISO''' is a socialist organization in the United States. It has a chapter at Columbia that is recognized by the [[Student Governing Board]].

== National organization ==
The national ISO identifies with the politics of International Socialism and the Marxist political tradition that American socialist writer and activist Hal Draper called "socialism from below". It is based in Chicago and has branches in 37 United States cities, mostly on university campuses.

== Activities ==
The ISO at Columbia claimed 30 members in its 2007-08 SGB funding application, with a smaller number who are actual members of the national organization. Membership in the national organization requires monthly dues, which are on a sliding scale depending on income, with $20 a typical student figure. All student clubs typically exaggerate their membership in funding applications.

The ISO is most visible on campus day to day for selling its newspaper, Socialist Worker. It also sells other literature, including the Spanish-language newspaper Obrero Socialista, the magazine International Socialist Review, and books from Haymarket Press and other publishers.

The ISO was formerly recognized by the [[Activities Board at Columbia]], but moved to SGB in 2007.

== Incident involving Matt Sanchez ==
In 2005, [[Matt Sanchez]], the marine and former adult film actor, argued with [[Monique Dols]], a prominent member of the ISO, and other ISO members. Sanchez claims Dols called him "stupid" and a "baby killer". The ISO members present denied this. Sanchez officially complained to the administration about the incident and subsequently went on Fox News to tell Bill O'Reilly his version of the events.

== Student opinions of the ISO ==
[[The Fed]] has described the ISO as "crazy", "a total cult", and "a terrorist cell". [[David Judd]], a visible member of the ISO, told [[The Eye]] that student hostility is broad but shallow, and asserts that "we don’t tend to have trouble when we talk to people in person—the exceptions are committed conservative activists, Chris Kulawik, Matt Sanchez... We’ve worked effectively with the Democrats, despite huge disagreements. We have good relations with antiwar activists, cultural groups, the rest of the Columbia left."

[[Category:Political clubs]]

International Socialist Organization

2007-04-18T16:45:05Z

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The '''International Socialist Organization''' or '''ISO''' is a socialist organization in the United States. It has a chapter at Columbia that is recognized by the [[Student Governing Board]].

== National organization ==
The national ISO identifies with the politics of International Socialism and the Marxist political tradition that American socialist writer and activist Hal Draper called "socialism from below". It is based in Chicago and has branches in 37 United States cities, mostly on university campuses.

== Activities ==
The ISO at Columbia claimed 30 members in its SGB funding application, with a smaller number who are actual members of the national organization. Membership in the national organization requires monthly dues, which are on a sliding scale depending on income, with $20 a typical student figure. All student clubs typically exaggerate their membership in funding applications.

The ISO is most visible on campus day to day for selling its newspaper, Socialist Worker. It also sells other literature, including the Spanish-language newspaper Obrero Socialista, the magazine International Socialist Review, and books from Haymarket Press and other publishers.

The ISO was formerly recognized by the [[Activities Board at Columbia]], but moved to SGB in 2007.

== Incident involving Matt Sanchez ==
In 2005, [[Matt Sanchez]], the marine and former adult film actor, argued with [[Monique Dols]], a prominent member of the ISO, and other ISO members. Sanchez claims Dols called him "stupid" and a "baby killer". The ISO members present denied this. Sanchez officially complained to the administration about the incident and subsequently went on Fox News to tell Bill O'Reilly his version of the events.

== Student opinions of the ISO ==
[[The Fed]] has described the ISO as "crazy", "a total cult", and "a terrorist cell". [[David Judd]], a visible member of the ISO, told [[The Eye]] that student hostility is broad but shallow, and asserts that "we don’t tend to have trouble when we talk to people in person—the exceptions are committed conservative activists, Chris Kulawik, Matt Sanchez... We’ve worked effectively with the Democrats, despite huge disagreements. We have good relations with antiwar activists, cultural groups, the rest of the Columbia left."

[[Category:Political clubs]]